John McWhorter – Who You Calling a Sellout?

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1:28 John corrects some Wikipedia-driven misconceptions about his work

4:12 ChatGPT pays homage to Glenn and John

6:41 John: JD Vance actually is what I’m merely accused of being

17:59 Ground News ad 20:08 Are there any true sellouts among black conservatives?

28:32 And what is a sellout, anyway?

36:01 What goes on between Clarence and Ginni Thomas?

40:19 An addition to the book club reading list

42:08 ACTA ad

43:54 Remembering Linda Datcher Loury

49:00 Should having children be the norm?

56:34 Glenn sightings in the wild

57:32 Working without a net

Recorded September 23, 2024

Links and Readings

Glenn’s Wikipedia page

John’s Wikipedia page

John’s NYT column, “Why JD Vance Dropped into My Inbox”

JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

John’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America

Randall Kennedy’s book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal

David Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A Life

David Lodge’s novel, Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses

Barbara and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life

Percival Everett’s novel, James